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- Activists Are Demanding Body Camera Footage Be Released After Omaha Police Fatally Shot A Black Man
- These Are The Most Memorable TikTok Trends Of 2020 So Far
- Meet The Man Who Went Viral For Saying He Has Never Seen Two Pretty Best Friends
- Immigrant Children Who Were Denied The Chance To Request Asylum Under An Illegal Rule Are Facing Deportation
- 14 Series To Catch Up On Before The Next Book Comes Out
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Activists Are Demanding Body Camera Footage Be Released After Omaha Police Fatally Shot A Black Man
Kenneth Jones, 35, was shot by police during a traffic stop.
Adolfo Flores
Here Are The Trendiest Trends To Come Out Of TikTok In 2020 So Far
Beyond dance challenges and bops, people do all sorts of fun and funny things on TikTok.
Lauren Strapagiel
The Man Behind The "I Ain't Never Seen Two Pretty Best Friends" Meme Started Posting On TikTok To Help His Modeling Career
"I ain't never seen two pretty best friends. It's always one of them gotta be ugly."
Ikran Dahir
Immigrant Children Who Were Denied The Chance To Request Asylum Under An Illegal Rule Are Facing Deportation
"I don't want to spend another Christmas in this detention center."
Adolfo Flores
14 Series To Catch Up On Before The Next Book Comes Out
Goodreads shares some of the most anticipated releases in YA, historical fiction, romance, and science fiction/fantasy series.
Arianna Rebolini
A Family Created A Plastic Shield So They Could Hug Each Other After Their Uncle Died Of COVID
Nichole Thompson captured a gut-wrenching moment between her dad and aunt. " I honestly can’t even watch it again myself because it makes me so emotional," she said of her viral TikTok.
Tanya Chen
Enough With The Lesbian Period Dramas
Movies like Ammonite and Portrait of a Lady on Fire are fine, but the lack of mainstream contemporary lesbian films is actually kind of a problem.
Lauren Strapagiel
Cure Your Election And COVID Blues With A Zoom Magic Show
I know it’s embarrassing, but I love magic and I think it’s time you all got on board. Trust me. It’ll help.
Scaachi Koul
The Mormon Influencer Backlash To "The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City" Is A Fascinating Peek At A Side Of Them We Rarely See
In this week's newsletter: Influencers in Utah rant and argue about whether the Bravo hit is a "real" representation of their religion, and a nudge to everyone else to once again raise alarm bells about the ongoing pandemic.
Tanya Chen
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Chunkz Posted A Song Against Bullying On Instagram And People Love It
"I had to let my people know / Bullying ain't something I'm letting in my zone."
Ikran Dahir
Joe Biden Is Working With Governors On COVID-19, But There’s Not Much They Can Do Without Trump
The president-elect spoke about coronavirus relief with governors from across the country, including Republicans. The next steps are still hazy.
Nidhi Prakash
Coronavirus Is Surging Across The US So Mike Pence Held A Useless Briefing
With coronavirus cases surging nationwide, experts fear another 150,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 within the next three months.
Dan Vergano
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A Woman Has Gone Viral For Her Hilarious Clip Discovering Her Goals For 2020
Robyn Schall told BuzzFeed News how "comically heartbreaking" it was to rediscover the goals she set in December 2019.
David Mack
16 Photos Of Rudy Giuliani Having A Meltdown
At a press conference Thursday, Rudy Giuliani was feeling the heat to come up with evidence to support Trump's baseless and unhinged election conspiracies. And we mean that literally. He was quite literally feeling the heat.
David Mack
Managers At A Tyson Pork Plant Placed Bets On How Many Workers Would Get COVID-19, A Lawsuit Alleges
"At least one worker at the facility vomited on the production line and management allowed him to continue working and return to work the next day," the lawsuit alleges.
Salvador Hernandez
Their Wedding Complied With State Guidelines. Almost Half The Guests Still Got The Coronavirus.
"The first thing I see is... everyone's face. And that's when I realized, wow, nobody's wearing a mask," the bride said.
Amber Jamieson
More Than 250,000 People In The US Have Died From COVID-19
Despite the rising death toll, simple measures that are effective in reducing the spread of the coronavirus, like wearing a mask, remain politically divisive.
Salvador Hernandez
A QAnon Mom Is Accused Of Killing A Man After She Believed He Was Keeping Her Children From Her
Neely Petrie-Blanchard was arrested in the fatal shooting of a Florida man after she believed he failed to help her regain custody of her children as part of their involvement in a bizarre QAnon and anti-government network.
Tasneem Nashrulla
A College Student Behind A Massively Popular Paint-Mixing TikTok Page Was Fired From Sherwin-Williams
Tony Piloseno even used his wildly successful and viral TikToks as part of a digital marketing pitch to the company to appeal to younger members of Gen Z.
Tanya Chen
ICE Arrested More Than 150 Immigrants In A Nationwide Sweep
The operation targeted immigrants who officials say had promised to leave the US but did not.
Hamed Aleaziz
Arizona's Top Election Official Said She's Getting Violent Threats Due To Trump's Lies
"Words and actions have consequences," said Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs as she discussed threats made against her, her family, and her staff.
Stephanie K. Baer
This Inmate’s Thoughts On Photography Help Make Sense Of The World
"Art as pure escapism is valuable, but there is a point where it becomes delusion."
Kate Bubacz
Schools In New York City Are Shutting Down Again Because Of The Pandemic
With more than 1.1 million students, New York City has the largest school district in the country.
Salvador Hernandez
A Judge Has Blocked The Trump Administration From Turning Back Unaccompanied Children At The Border
Before the pandemic, unaccompanied immigrant children were sent to government-run shelters as they attempted to pursue their asylum cases.
Hamed Aleaziz
11 Pictures Of Princess Diana And Emma Corrin From "The Crown" That Are Honestly Hard To Tell Apart
It's truly uncanny.
Ellie Hall
Here, Have Some Memes About The Moderna And Pfizer Vaccines
2020 has left us resorting to memes about Big Pharma.
Julia Reinstein
"The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City" Is Already Iconic
Did you ever think you’d live to see grown women in couture arguing about leg amputations?
Shannon Keating
46 Books Our Favorite Indie Booksellers Were Grateful For This Year
The fiction, memoirs, poetry, cookbooks, and cultural criticism that got the experts through the year.
Arianna Rebolini
Trump Fired A Top Election Security Official After He Contradicted Baseless Claims Of Voter Fraud
The president's tweet announcing the firing of Christopher Krebs was quickly flagged for, again, spreading voting disinformation.
Salvador Hernandez
Chuck Grassley, One Of The Oldest Members Of Congress, Has The Coronavirus
Grassley, 87, is the second oldest US senator and third in line to the presidency.
Stephanie K. Baer
The LAPD Banned The Use Of Commercial Facial Recognition Systems Like Clearview AI
The country’s third-largest police department notified employees of the ban after BuzzFeed News showed that its officers were using Clearview AI, a facial recognition platform that has taken data from Facebook and other social media platforms.
Brianna Sacks
Joe Biden's COVID-19 Team Can't Get The Data It Needs From The White House
"We do not have access to official government data, internal data sets," said David Kessler, one of the cochairs of Biden’s COVID-19 advisory board.
Zahra Hirji
At Least 17 People Have Tested Positive For COVID-19 After Attending A Wedding With More Than 300 Guests
The wedding violated the county's limit of 30 people, but officials say it's unlikely they'll be able to find all the guests in an effort to limit the outbreak.
Salvador Hernandez
Princess Diana's Bashful Face In "The Crown" Is Now A Meme
"Me on a Zoom call pretending I’m listening and not just looking at myself."
David Mack
This Mom Accidentally Sent Her Toddler To School In A Very WTF Shirt, And It Was Picture Day
"The entire time I was dying laughing because it just fits Emma’s personality and 2020 so well."
Stephanie McNeal
Joe Biden Is Moving On With The Presidential Transition With A Diverse White House Staff
The president-elect announced the top staffers for his White House, while President Donald Trump continues to slow the formal transition process.
Nidhi Prakash
